Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alfred Quarklan, Chambers County, Texas, 1867

Alfred Quarklan registered to vote in Chambers County on August 13, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 10 of them in Chambers County.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Chambers County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Chambers County

Alfred Quarklan

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alfred Quarklan
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Chambers County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 13, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Chambers County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
Years in Texas before Chambers County
3 years
Naturalized, where
"Texas"
Signature, as written
"Alfred Quathlan"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Chambers County highlighted
Chambers County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Alfred Quarklan reported 3 years more in Texas than in Chambers County.

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 2 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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